Before and After: New Functionality for Obsolete Dining Room
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Article by: Mark Nash The email came in this last winter , Arts and Crafts Style Decorating from a young couple who had bought a charming vintage four room, , Contemporary Bath Vanities one bedroom condo in a friendly, walk-to-everything location. , Starting Your Own Redecorating Business: The First Key Steps They loved the place, , Latex Mattresses – Comfortable, Renewable, and Biodegradable but needed a home , Entertainment Centers office and an area for her burgeoning scrap book hobby. Could I come over and talk about looking for a larger home , Do You Need An Interior Designer? and selling their current one? I had sold them their home , You Know Your Décor is Frumpy and Stale when…. (I am a real estate broker and author of 1001 Tips , s On Purchasing Your Futon Bed for Buying and Selling a Home) just over two years ago and set up a date to talk over the possible move to a larger home, , How to Buy a Used Adjustable Bed but I wasn't convinced that they really needed a move, I thought to myself that they needed a fresh perspective on the space they already had. The agreed upon time arrived and we began to discuss what was right and what was wrong with their current home. , Butt Ugly Decor Location, , Starting Your Own Redecorating Business: The First Key Steps perfect, neighborhood, loved it, the unit itself, great except they were running out of space. Every room , Butt Ugly Decor looked well-lived-in except the dining room, , Interior Designer Dorothy Draper - Inferior Desecrator? which was museum quality. The table perfectly plotted under the home , Creative Curtains and Window Coverings store chandelier with six chairs , Designing Your Signature Life and a sideboard that was a gift from her parents. The table top was void of anything, as to not scratch the finish that had been preserved in her family for three generations. The dining room , Creative Curtains and Window Coverings was twelve-by-thirteen, hardwood floors , Bean Bags Are A Cozy Combination Of Comfort And Style and featured good southern light , Starting Your Own Redecorating Business: The First Key Steps streaming in from an row of three windows. , Study of "Interior Design" as a Reflection of the Mind Okay, you don't need to move I told them, you need to utilize this dining room , Rustic Furniture: The Heart of America for more than a monument to your grandparents dining room , What to Look For in Selecting Kitchen Flooring suite. Before -Traditional style,dark stained dining table with two leaves and six matching chairs , Create Your Own Bliss With Aromatherapy with upholster seats. Matching upright china cabinet with drawers below and beveled glass door , Rustic Furniture: The Heart of America display space above. -Hardwood floors, , Entertainment Centers paper accordion window , Designing Your Signature Life blinds and an over-scale wrought iron chandelier. -Walls painted a mustard color , Enjoy The Convenience of Scented Jar Candles – Inexpensive And Useful (faux Tuscan) with hand-stenciled ivy border near ceiling. -Original baseboard and window , Tips On Purchasing Your Futon Bed trim in good condition painted a ivy green. , Pot Racks After -The dining room/office/hobby area was open to the living room , How to Buy a Used Adjustable Bed which was painted a deep red with off white , Creative Curtains and Window Coverings trim. -The first thing I recommended was to take down the chandelier, once it was gone it wouldn't set the tone for the room , What to Look For in Selecting Kitchen Flooring and it rid the room , Home Decor The Finishing Touch of the albatross sitting in it's center. They purchased a decorative plaster medallion to place , Bollywood Boudoir... On A Budget over the electrical box. -Shrink the table by taking both the leaves out. Purchase some felt bags to store the leaves in, under their bed. , Get Some Spice In The room With A Mexican Decorating Theme Purchase table pads to protect the top and move the table under the windows. , Purchasing Cuckoo Clocks As Gifts Take three of the side chairs , How to Buy a Used Adjustable Bed and place , Country Home Decorating - Country Style Home Decor the Way Life Used to Be around table. -Purchase a 24" x 48" beveled glass , You Know Your Home Décor is Frumpy and Stale when…. top to rest on two dark stained pillars for a desk which will double as a buffet or cocktail station when entertaining. Place , Do You Need An Interior Designer? one side chair , How To Make A Room Divider at desk. -Two table top candlestick lamps, one for task lighting on the desk and one for the scrap book hobby center on the dining room , Interior Painting Ideas Guaranteed to Bring Your Walls Back to Life! table. This pair of lamps return to the desk/buffet for entertaining. Pastel yellow shades pick the area rug. , Wood Mini Blinds -Install two halogen can lights , Contemporary Bathroom Vanities in beveled china cabinet to add mood lighting and accent glassware. Remove two wood , Drapes - Drawing the facts together shelves in cabinet and replace with two beveled glass , Rustic Furniture: The Heart of America shelves to allow new lighting to stream down. -Area rug. , What to Look For in Selecting Kitchen Flooring I suggested a 5' x 8' that was overall more neutral than patterned. That way my clients could take it with them to their next home. , Tips For Wary Log Furniture Buyers They selected a light , Create Your Own Bliss With Aromatherapy pastel yellow rug , Interior Design: Make Your Place Look Bigger that looked great against the medium oak hardwood floors. , Contemporary Bathroom Vanities -Chair upholstery. Upholster four chairs , Bean Bags Are A Cozy Combination Of Comfort And Style that remain in the new office/hobby/dining room , Wood Mini Blinds in a botanical print with a soft yellow background complemented by red and green flowers. , How to Buy a Used Adjustable Bed The remaining two chairs , What to Look For in Selecting Kitchen Flooring to be reupholstered in a companion red and off-white colored wide stripe and placed in living room. , Tips For Wary Log Furniture Buyers -Wall and trim colors. , Designing Your Signature Life The room , Which kinds of Lights Emit Dangerous Rays? needed to be harmonized with the adjacent living room, , Relive Your Favorite Vacation with Hotel Bedding! so I suggested an off-white trim color , Wood Mini Blinds that matched the living room , A Look At A Few Popular Decorating Styles trim. For the walls , What to Look For in Selecting Kitchen Flooring a very soft pastel yellow in eggshell was applied. -Window blinds. The owners wanted wood , Interior Designer Dorothy Draper - Inferior Desecrator? blinds, so to soften the look I suggested off-white or ivory, with the window , Bollywood Boudoir... On A Budget trim painted the same color, , Country Home Decorating - Country Style Home Decor the Way Life Used to Be it's a custom look. -To finish off the room, , Interior Design: Make Your Place Look Bigger I thought using the wide strip chair , Starting Your Own Redecorating Business: The First Key Steps upholstery as a table cloth for the dining/hobby table with a clear plastic , Wood Mini Blinds overlay for the scrap book hobby would blend form and function. When entertaining they can remove the overlay for a striking tabletop.  |
  
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